Josh Maja Injury.

[On Balance]

Left the ground yesterday in a protective boot.

Hope it is not to serious.

[mickd1961]

Here we go again, yet another sick note striker.

Think about this for a minute, consider previous striking legends at our club and how little game time they ever missed.

Bob Taylor, Andy Hunt, Lee Hughes, Lukaku, Odemwingie, an ageing Kevin Phillips.

Then look at the great strikers generally.

Kane, Son, Salah, Vardy until last season at 36, Drogba, Henry.

For me it comes down to two things,

1/ Poor recruitment, not looking at a player’s injury history and appearance record,

2/ The character and mentality of a player.

We seem to be a soft touch for players lacking natural athleticism and high fitness values and also lacking the grit to fight through some of these injuries and the character to look at themselves and change their lifestyle habits and training regimes.

Back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s the games that players missed were minimal.

Most seasons Albion wouldn’t use more than 14 or 15 players in total and if you look at the appearance records most players played virtually every match.

Regular substitutes such as Summerfied, Monaghan, Wayne Hughes and the like were lucky to play 3-6 times per season.

Kane played 306 out of 342 league matches for Spurs in the past 9 years, that’s 34 out of 38 matches every season FFS.

Maintaining a stellar level of performance and fitting in 86 England games I think and all of the cup matches, he’s been hitting around 50 matches per season on average.

I’d bet my a r s e he wasn’t fit for a number of these matches but with players like him you need to chain them down to keep them off the pitch.

In his first stint with us Lee Hughes averaged 39 out of every 42 leaves matches, most of his gaps were due to suspensions.

Mentality, character and desire……the three most important characteristics other than talent and we are experts at finding the chancers who lack all three qualities.

[On Balance]

Here we go again, yet another sick note striker.

Think about this for a minute, consider previous striking legends at our club and how little game time they ever missed.

Bob Taylor, Andy Hunt, Lee Hughes, Lukaku, Odemwingie, an ageing Kevin Phillips.

Then look at the great strikers generally.

Kane, Son, Salah, Vardy until last season at 36, Drogba, Henry.

For me it comes down to two things,

1/ Poor recruitment, not looking at a player’s injury history and appearance record,

2/ The character and mentality of a player.

We seem to be a soft touch for players lacking natural athleticism and high fitness values and also lacking the grit to fight through some of these injuries and the character to look at themselves and change their lifestyle habits and training regimes.

Back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s the games that players missed were minimal.

Most seasons Albion wouldn’t use more than 14 or 15 players in total and if you look at the appearance records most players played virtually every match.

Regular substitutes such as Summerfied, Monaghan, Wayne Hughes and the like were lucky to play 3-6 times per season.

Kane played 306 out of 342 league matches for Spurs in the past 9 years, that’s 34 out of 38 matches every season FFS.

Maintaining a stellar level of performance and fitting in 86 England games I think and all of the cup matches, he’s been hitting around 50 matches per season on average.

I’d bet my a r s e he wasn’t fit for a number of these matches but with players like him you need to chain them down to keep them off the pitch.

In his first stint with us Lee Hughes averaged 39 out of every 42 leaves matches, most of his gaps were due to suspensions.

Mentality, character and desire……the three most important characteristics other than talent and we are experts at finding the chancers who lack all three qualities.

I can’t disagree with much if anything within the above.

We may come from different generations but I fail to see why todays footballers lack the physical strength and mentality of those of years gone by. I wish I’d been around to have witnessed the game of a few decades ago. Better than watching what we have served up to is today.
That is according to my Dad, and I’d have no reason to doubt him or you neither.

[soulman101]

It was a bad tackle, their player has possibly broke his ankle.
Slow down the Highlights I've posted .

[baggieal]

Here we go again, yet another sick note striker.

Think about this for a minute, consider previous striking legends at our club and how little game time they ever missed.

Bob Taylor, Andy Hunt, Lee Hughes, Lukaku, Odemwingie, an ageing Kevin Phillips.

Then look at the great strikers generally.

Kane, Son, Salah, Vardy until last season at 36, Drogba, Henry.

For me it comes down to two things,

1/ Poor recruitment, not looking at a player’s injury history and appearance record,

2/ The character and mentality of a player.

We seem to be a soft touch for players lacking natural athleticism and high fitness values and also lacking the grit to fight through some of these injuries and the character to look at themselves and change their lifestyle habits and training regimes.

Back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s the games that players missed were minimal.

Most seasons Albion wouldn’t use more than 14 or 15 players in total and if you look at the appearance records most players played virtually every match.

Regular substitutes such as Summerfied, Monaghan, Wayne Hughes and the like were lucky to play 3-6 times per season.

Kane played 306 out of 342 league matches for Spurs in the past 9 years, that’s 34 out of 38 matches every season FFS.

Maintaining a stellar level of performance and fitting in 86 England games I think and all of the cup matches, he’s been hitting around 50 matches per season on average.

I’d bet my a r s e he wasn’t fit for a number of these matches but with players like him you need to chain them down to keep them off the pitch.

In his first stint with us Lee Hughes averaged 39 out of every 42 leaves matches, most of his gaps were due to suspensions.

Mentality, character and desire……the three most important characteristics other than talent and we are experts at finding the chancers who lack all three qualities.

Not just footballers though - the country is full of wimps compared to years ago! No wonder the GP’S are run off their feet with every f ucker rushing to see them with the slightest sniff!

My dad gave me a whack if a teacher did at school and you wouldn’t see a doctor unless you were dying!

Now people phone in sick for the slightest thing. I had a young PA who said she had migraine FFS. Told her to get a grip and a couple of weeks later she was out the door!

No toughness now! If you have half a brain you could self diagnose what’s wrong with you more accurately than some junior doctors!

[Omegstrat6]

It was a bad tackle, their player has possibly broke his ankle.
Slow down the Highlights I've posted .

Totally agree with you. First impression was that it looked a bad challenge and the replay supports this. Hopefully he will recover quickly as Maja looks useful and also think that a partnership between him and BTA up front could prove fruitful for us.

[baggieal]

Totally agree with you. First impression was that it looked a bad challenge and the replay supports this. Hopefully he will recover quickly as Maja looks useful and also think that a partnership between him and BTA up front could prove fruitful for us.

A partnership up front would be too daring for Corberon! Back to Wallace and walking football to start on Wednesday!

[BaggieSingh]

Here we go again, yet another sick note striker.

Think about this for a minute, consider previous striking legends at our club and how little game time they ever missed.

Bob Taylor, Andy Hunt, Lee Hughes, Lukaku, Odemwingie, an ageing Kevin Phillips.

Then look at the great strikers generally.

Kane, Son, Salah, Vardy until last season at 36, Drogba, Henry.

For me it comes down to two things,

1/ Poor recruitment, not looking at a player’s injury history and appearance record,

2/ The character and mentality of a player.

We seem to be a soft touch for players lacking natural athleticism and high fitness values and also lacking the grit to fight through some of these injuries and the character to look at themselves and change their lifestyle habits and training regimes.

Back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s the games that players missed were minimal.

Most seasons Albion wouldn’t use more than 14 or 15 players in total and if you look at the appearance records most players played virtually every match.

Regular substitutes such as Summerfied, Monaghan, Wayne Hughes and the like were lucky to play 3-6 times per season.

Kane played 306 out of 342 league matches for Spurs in the past 9 years, that’s 34 out of 38 matches every season FFS.

Maintaining a stellar level of performance and fitting in 86 England games I think and all of the cup matches, he’s been hitting around 50 matches per season on average.

I’d bet my a r s e he wasn’t fit for a number of these matches but with players like him you need to chain them down to keep them off the pitch.

In his first stint with us Lee Hughes averaged 39 out of every 42 leaves matches, most of his gaps were due to suspensions.

Mentality, character and desire……the three most important characteristics other than talent and we are experts at finding the chancers who lack all three qualities.

One thing Hughesy was (apart from an arrogant fecker) was that he was a dyed in the wool Albion fan, he would have run through brick walls for us
The contract offer we made him was a disgrace compared to Cov’s which is the only reason he left

Grew up with the guy and went to school with him and even didKarate with him ( he was the youngest black belt for our federation) and met him often when he was playin for us

We as a club and football in general take the pis s out of local grown players, but fans love them the most because of their dedication

[BaggieSingh]

You can’t expect blokes just doing a job to be the same (especially in times like now)

Also we can’t continue shipping out players that care for better players who perform now and again but have more potential

[Albionic68]

In real time I thought it was a brilliant tackle. Having watched re runs he definitely caught Maja's ankle with his trailing knee at the very least.